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ECHOES OF DECEIT—INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY— BOOK 3

Coming Fall 2025!

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In Echoes of Deceit (Fall 2025), the final book of the trilogy, Sam returns home to Chicago—too cocky, too wealthy, too sure of himself to see the gathering storm. When his team is called into a corruption investigation inside the Chicago Public School system, they expect to find the usual: dirty money and broken promises. But
now, the stakes are higher than ever… they just don’t know it yet. Chicago’s political machine doesn’t just chew people up—it buriesthem. And this time, it’s been waiting for Sam.

Echoes of Deceit brings the trilogy to a shattering close, answering the questions that have stalked Sam from the beginning—Can he outrun his demons?

Or… will they finish what his father started… claiming everything—and everyone he cares about?

Details
Author: Tom Golden
Series: The Sam Halloran Trilogy, Book 3
Genre: Forensic Accounting Thriller
About the Author
Tom Golden

TOM GOLDEN is retired from leading one of the largest forensic accounting investigation practices in the US. He has a national reputation in financial crime investigation and is a frequent presenter to the Fortune 500 and many organizations including the FBI and IRS.

A CPA and Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Golden was also an adjunct professor at DePaul University, Chicago, where he developed and taught the school's first forensic accounting course in 2002. He was the financial fraud expert appearing in the 2017 film documentary ALL THE QUEEN'S HORSES detailing the largest municipal fraud in our nation's history.

Prior to turning his attention to the literary world, he was the lead author of the award-winning Wiley book A GUIDE TO FORENSIC ACCOUNTING INVESTIGATION, now in its second edition. He continues to write novels and speak about his high-profile financial crime investigations.

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